Here’s a good one.  If you have $500 to contribute, it will link you up with a classroom, with a specific teacher who has specific needs for his or her class.  You make the contribution on-line; that teacher’s “electronic wallet” gets filled with $500 to buy the stuff she or he needs; he or she e-mails you a thank-you report.

It’s incredibly efficient – largely runs itself, like eBay or something – yet gives you the “high touch” one-on-one sense you really know where your money is going, and that you are making a difference in kids’ lives.

Charles and I have adopted a couple of classrooms.  Care to join us?  Right now, there are 3,913 classrooms with their hands up for you to choose among.